2013 Federal Handbooks Now Available

ARLINGTON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/22/13 -- Federal Handbooks has released its FREE 2013 handbooks for federal employees. These handbooks, written specifically for federal agency employees, include a variety of information about pay, benefits, education, travel, healthcare and retirement. To receive your own copies of these handbooks, simply go to the Federal Handbooks Web site. Don't forget to tell all of your federal colleagues about these free handbooks too!

2013 Federal Handbooks - Now Available

2013 FEDERAL RETIREMENT HANDBOOK

2013 FEDERAL HEALTH BENEFITS HANDBOOK

2013 FEDERAL TRAVEL HANDBOOK

2013 CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP HANDBOOK

2013 FEDERAL BENEFITS HANDBOOK

2013 LONG-TERM CARE HANDBOOK

2013 FEDERAL PERSONNEL HANDBOOK

2013 FEDERAL RETIREMENT HANDBOOK
This unique handbook, written for federal employees who are planning their retirement or have already retired covers: financial planning, the civil service and federal employee retirement systems, creating a 5-year retirement plan, how to apply for retirement, what to expect as a new retiree, understanding family benefits, making benefits adjustments, withholdings, disability, social security benefits, FEHBP and Medicare, and much, much more!

2013 FEDERAL HEALTH BENEFITS HANDBOOK
This handbook, written for all federal employees, gives you everything you need to know about: what the FEHB program offers; eligibility and enrollment requirements; finding the plan that's right for you; coordinating benefits; health care costs; leave without pay and insufficient pay; termination, conversion and temporary continuation of coverage; annuitants and compensationers; military service; coverage of family members; flexible spending accounts, and much, much more!

2013 CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP HANDBOOK
A college degree has become the essential tool to unlock doors for future success. This handbook contains all the latest information about getting a college degree, including: types of higher education, resources for finding the right college, entrance exams, financial aid resources, paying for college, applying for federal student aid, Pell Grants, Direct and Federal Family Education Loans, PLUS loans, Consolidation loans, Federal Work-Study Program, U.S. Armed Forces and ROTC, and much more!

2013 FEDERAL BENEFITS HANDBOOK
The Federal Benefits Handbook is designed to help all federal employees by giving them the most accurate and complete information available anywhere on pay and awards, leave and work schedules, TSP and flexible spending accounts, the federal employee and civil service retirement systems, health care benefits, long-term care insurance, life insurance, student loans, and much, much more!

"We are very happy to offer these free handbooks to the federal employee community," said Debi Teter, editor of Federal Handbooks. "We know the importance of federal service and offering these handbooks at no cost is just one small way we can show our thanks."

About FederalHandbooks.com

FederalHandbooks.com is owned and managed by Grantham Education Corporation (GEC), whose goal is to provide all federal employees comprehensive up-to-date information about their benefits and education opportunities. Out of respect for those who choose to serve their country with a federal job, GEC created this site and the handbooks to offer free benefits information to federal government employees and their families and to be an online resource for federal employment news and benefits information.

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